SRC-AMY H.B. 3052 78(R) BILL ANALYSIS Senate Research Center H.B. 3052 By: Hunter (Wentworth) Infrastructure Development and Security 5/21/2003 Engrossed DIGEST AND PURPOSE Citizens have reported instances in which private lighted directional signals imitate official traffic enforcement signals and confuse drivers. H.B. 3052 prohibits a person from placing, maintaining, or displaying on or in view of a highway an unauthorized sign, signal, marking, or device that displays a green, red, or yellow light in a moving directional pattern, except for signs marking railroad crossings. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 544.006(a), Transportation Code, to prohibit a person from placing, maintaining, or displaying on or in view of a highway an unauthorized sign, signal, marking, or device that displays a green, red, or yellow light in a moving directional pattern, except for signs marking railroad crossings, or other actions. Makes a nonsubstantive change. SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 2003.